A2: Schools

The Ann Arbor School Musings blog has a post about the observance of religious holidays in the schools: “Issues come up every year, and not just in December. Just this week, I felt slightly queasy when I saw the Saline Schools twitter about kids working on wreaths. You might not think of wreaths as Christmas-y, but I do. Poinsettias and trees, too, for that matter. I felt even queasier when I saw that kids from Erickson Elementary in Ypsilanti were singing carols at a Christmas tree lighting in Ypsilanti. Don’t get me wrong – I am happy to help my neighbors put ornaments on their trees, I enjoy listening to other people sing carols or Handel’s Messiah. But. But. But I don’t want that in our public schools. That is where I want separation of church and state.” [Source]